A businessman has been fined after he unleashed a foul-mouthed tirade at
police in front of schoolchildren after he was stopped for speeding as part
of a class project.

Andrew Priest, 39, who was late for a meeting, ranted at community officers and staff when nine pupils clocked his luxury sports car doing 37mph in a 30mph zone outside their school gates, it was claimed.

The telecommunications company boss angrily did a wheelspin into the school car park in his Audi A3 and told a PCSO: ''It's a ------- joke, you're PCSOs and not even proper pigs. Go and stop some more innocent people.''

As youngsters looked on in distress from just three feet away Priest also argued about the accuracy of the speed gun and gesticulated angrily at a classroom assistant yelling: ''Is this what you ------- teach kids? What sort of school is this?''

Later when told by a regular constable he would have to pay a £60 fixed penalty notice for speeding, Priest boasted: ''I earn £80,000 a year so I can afford the ticket. My ------- solicitor will get me off. I'm going to ------ have you. You're -------, I'm going to make a complaint against you.''

The children were so upset by his outburst they had to be ushered back into the classroom at Gorsey Bank primary school in Wilmslow, Cheshire. A letter was later sent out to all parents detailing what happened.

Details of the four letter rant emerged as Priest, who lives in a luxury £300,000 flat in Mobberley, Cheshire was fined £1,000 and ordered to pay with £1,000 costs after he was convicted of speeding and using threatening behaviour.

The incident occurred in November last year after the police officers were taking part in a ''school speed watch'' project with nine Year 6 pupils as part of Road Safety Week.

Any motorists stopped speeding were given the option of taking a fine, or explaining to children in a ''kids court'' at the school why they broke the speed limit.

But trouble began when Priest who was on his way to a meeting was pulled over in his silver Audi A3 magistrates in Macclesfield heard.

Teaching assistant Debra Barker told the hearing: "He was very, very angry from the minute he was pulled over. He was aggressive and was using lots of 'f' words saying. 'it's not even ------- calibrated, it's a laser'.

''I told the children the man had obviously had a bad day but they were worried and I kept trying to to reassure them. He said, 'is this what you ------- teach kids? What sort of school is this?' ... I felt very vulnerable and I felt awkward.

"He screeched into the car park. He drove his car forward, his wheels were spinning and he drove aggressively into the car park.

"He got out and walked up to the PCSO and squared up to him. I thought it was going to come to fisty cuffs and he was going to punch him."

''He started gesturing towards the pupils. I warned him about his language and behaviour but he jumped out of the car came straight towards me and started swearing and shouting.

''The teacher clearly looked very concerned for the children, a lot of them were starting to get quite agitated, looking like they didn't want to be there at all. A few of them were quite distressed."

Priest who was cleared of stamping on a policeman's hat during the incident denied wrongdoing and said: ''I've never heard of a kids court – it sounds ridiculous. I'm not being ostracised by children.''

But district judge Pam Baldwin told him: ''Your shouting and aggressive behaviour caused the children distress. I've no doubt these incidents are frustrating but you went beyond a legitimate expression of frustration.''